An animated series is a set of animated television works with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be broadcast on television, shown in movie theatres, released on the internet or direct-to-video . Like other creative works, animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences : both males and females, both children and adults .
22-440: Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó and produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio for Nickelodeon . The show centers on the daily lives of Otto, Reggie, Twister and Sam, four pre-adolescent children with an interest in extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding while also getting into numerous situations. The characters live in
44-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),
66-558: A live-action extreme-sports dramatic arena play that briefly toured the U.S. Midwest in the spring of 2002 before being canceled over low ticket sales (it had originally been scheduled to tour about 40 cities all over the U.S., all the way into fall). In 2002, Nickelodeon also aired the Maximum Rocket Power Games , an extreme-sports competition inspired by the series which pits three teams consisting of professional athletes competing alongside aspiring youth athletes in
88-598: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki
110-511: A lot of younger skateboarders. In 1999 Macdonald delivered an anti-drug speech at the White House that was preceded by Macdonald skateboarding down the marble floor of the hallway. With SBI Enterprises and Bruce Middleton, Macdonald designed the " Flybar 1200 ", a type of extreme pogo-stick . In 2022 he announced his intention to try to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics representing his father's homeland of Great Britain , despite
132-579: A series of events. The special was co-hosted by professional skateboarder Andy Macdonald . Several video games based on the series were released on the PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , GameCube , Game Boy Color , Game Boy Advance and PC throughout the years, including Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue , Rocket Power: Beach Bandits , Rocket Power Gettin' Air , Rocket Power: Dream Scheme , Rocket Power: Zero Gravity Zone and Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games . The soundtrack album to Rocket Power
154-460: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If
176-541: Is an American professional skateboarder . As of September 2013, he holds the record for the most X Games medals in vert skateboarding and won the World Cup Skateboarding competition eight times. He represented Great Britain at the 2024 Olympic Games . Macdonald is originally from Melrose, Massachusetts , and started skateboarding in 1986 when he was 12 years old. He graduated from Newton North High School in 1992. His father, Rodrick Macdonald,
198-749: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Andy Macdonald (skateboarder) Andy Macdonald (born July 31, 1973)
220-478: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as
242-459: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in
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#1732780275795264-639: The Shore Shack, a combination burger joint and surfshop where the gang usually hang out. In most episodes, they get involved in competitions, but end up learning their friendship is more important than winning. Rocket Power was produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studio . Producers on the series include Susan Ward, Pernelle Hayes, Victor Wilson, John Crane , Maureen Iser and Erin Ehlich. Gábor Csupó , Arlene Klasky and Eryk Casemiro served as executive producers. A VHS tape titled Maxing Out
286-582: The brainy techno whiz kid and relative newcomer Sam "Squid" Dullard — who live in the fictional Southern California beach community of Ocean Shores where they spend their free time playing varied extreme sports (such as Skateboarding , Surfing , Snowboarding , Biking , Street Hockey , etc.), getting into various situations and overcoming the trials and challenges of growing up. Otto and Reggie live with their widowed strict but loving father and veteran surfer, Ray "Raymundo" Rocket, who along with his best friend and business partner, Tito Makani, owns and operates
308-489: The channel until October 7, 2011. Nicktoons aired the series from 2002 to 2010. Nick GAS also aired the series from 2003 to 2005. The series reran on TeenNick 's former block NickRewind (formerly The '90s Are All That, The Splat and NickSplat) from 2014 to 2017. Other projects related to Rocket Power and developed under the aegis of Klasky-Csupo and/or Nickelodeon have included Rocket Power: Beach Bandits , and Maximum Rocket Power Live: The Battle for Madtown Park ,
330-647: The fact that he would be 51 years old at the start of the park skateboard event at the Games. He secured qualification in June 2024 making him the oldest Olympic skateboarder in history. His fellow British skateboarding team members are Sky Brown and Lola Tambling who are both sixteen years old. As of September 2013, Macdonald is sponsored by Positiv Skateboards, Airwalk, Amazon.com , MovieTickets.com , Clif Bar , GoPro, Bern Unlimited, Killer Pads, PushWood skatepark locator app, and Theeve Titanium Truck Co. In 1999, he
352-473: The fictional beach town of Ocean Shores, California. The series aired on Nickelodeon from August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004. Rocket Power revolves around the day-to-day zany hijinks of a gang of four young and loyal friends; the adventurous and vain sports enthusiast and perfectionist Oswald "Otto" Rocket; his tomboyish and kind-hearted older sister Regina "Reggie" Rocket; Otto's dim-witted but loyal best friend and videographer Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez; and
374-662: The others shows kids that it's OK to need a lot of practice and only take the risks you're personally comfortable with." Animated television series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of the week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling
396-1046: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During
418-485: Was born in Luton , England. Macdonald became a professional skateboarder in 1994. In 1998 he was selected the "Best Overall Skater" in the "Readers Poll" of Transworld Skateboarding magazine, and was also chosen to host Transworld' s skateboarding "Trick Tip" video, Starting Point 2: Transitions . He has received praise for his perennial consistency as he medals in most of the competitions he enters, even beating out
440-510: Was featured in the video game MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy MacDonald for the Dreamcast , PlayStation , and PC. He was also featured in the PC game Backyard Skateboarding . 3rd in 2009 X Games 15 Vert Competition 2nd in 2009 X Games 15 Park Andy has been involved in promoting skateboarding and its growth, progression and exposure since as far back as his days as an instructor at
462-1008: Was released by Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment on August 7, 2001 containing five episodes. On July 27, 2004, Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment also released four episodes of the series on the Island of the Menehune VHS and DVD. Other episodes were featured on multiple Nickelodeon compilation VHS tapes and DVDs such as Nickelodeon Super Toons , Nicktoons Christmas , Nicktoons Halloween and Nickstravaganza! 2 . Nickelodeon and Amazon.com teamed up to release Rocket Power and other Nick shows on manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs available exclusively through Amazon.com's CreateSpace arm. The Rocket Power manufacture-on-demand DVD-R discs have since been discontinued. Rocket Power premiered on Nickelodeon on August 16, 1999 and its final episode (a television movie called "The Big Day") aired on July 30, 2004. Reruns were then aired on
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#1732780275795484-489: Was released on February 6, 2002. It is officially the soundtrack to the television film Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand . Track listing Common Sense Media give the series a three out of five stars, writing "Parents need to know that watching this show just might inspire future X-games participation. The kids – never without a skateboard, bike, hockey stick, or surfboard – perform incredible stunts, seemingly without risk of injury. A boy with less sports ability than
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